High voltage (film, 2003)
See also: High voltage
High voltage is a French film carried out by Alexandre Aja, left in 2003.
Synopsis
In a dark atmosphere, two teenagers settle for an end of the week releasing in a country house at the family of the one of them. The first night is not even finished that the family is made massacre by a psychopathe which ends up from going away with the girl of the family. The other being hidden during the murder series, it resolutely decides to go to help his/her friend…
Data sheet
- Title: High voltage
- Realization: Alexandre Aja
- Scenario: Alexandre Aja and Grégory Levasseur
- Production: Alexandre Arcady and Robert Benmussa
- Production companies: Alexandre Films and EuropaCorp
- Budget: 2,2 million euros
- Music: François Eudes
- Photography: Maxime Alexandre
- Assembly: Didier Lozahic
- Decorations: Renald Coat Verdy and Tony Egry
- Artistic director: Grégory Levasseur
- Country of origin: France
- Format: Colors - 2,35:1 - Dolby DIGITAL - 35 mm
- Kind: Horror, thriller
- Lasted: 91 minutes
- Comings out date: June 18th 2003 (France), October 8th 2003 (Belgium), September 24th 2004 (the United Kingdom), June 10th 2005 (the United States)
- Film prohibited with less than 16 years at the time of its exit in France
Distribution
- Cecile of France: Marie
- Maïwenn Besco: Alex
- Philippe Nahon: the killer
- Frank Khalfoun: Jimmy
- Andrei Finti: the father of Alex
- Oana Pellea: the mother of Alex
- Marco Claudiu Pascu: Tom
- Jean-Claude De Goros: the captain of the gendarmerie
- Bogdan Uritescu: the gendarme
- Gabriel Spahiu: the man in the car
Around film
- turning was held with Bucharest, in Romania.
- During turning in middle of the night of very low temperatures, Cecile of France and Maïwenn had to support very physical scenes, generally in pyjamas and barefeet, with false blood stuck on the body.
- Sorti to the the United States, the the United Kingdom and the Canada after its thin success in France, it have more success on the other side of the Atlantic, in particular critical, which was worth with the realizer a good reputation and the possibility of carrying out films in the United States.
Distinctions
- Grand Prix of European science fiction film, better realizer, better actress for Cecile Of France and better make-up for Giannetto Of Rossi, at the time of the International festival of film of Catalonia in 2003.
- Nomination with the Grand Prix of European science fiction film, at the time of the Festival of science fiction film of Amsterdam in 2004.
External bonds
- Official site
- High voltage on Internet Movie Database
- Critical DevilDead
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